[theme-reviewers] A couple of doubts about the "Make" theme and what's allowed

Sun Jul 13 15:53:38 UTC 2014

I get your point. Interesting...

On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Ronnel Angelo <ronnel.angelo at gmail.com> wrote:

> @Joan Boluda
> It does seem to pass the "no custom content" guideline. But the question
> is, are authors allowed to do that? Creating a Page is a core WP
> functionality and the theme doesn't seem to offer an option to turn that
> Page Builder off so that creating a page goes back to normal.
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','joan at boluda.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Are you sure? When I checked it, the content was still there after
>> changing themes.
>> Of course it was not so "nicely presented", but everything was there,
>> since it's not using shortcodes.
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','grapplerulrich at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone looked at the page builder? When I was looking at it I
>>> realized that any content added via the page builder would disappear when
>>> the theme is changed.
>>>
>>> https://thethemefoundry.com/tutorials/make/#page-builder
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13 July 2014 16:05, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Haha, ok, got it!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *J**oan Boluda*
>>>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>>>> http://boluda.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Credit link as optional and disabled by default is a Plugin guideline,
>>>>> IIRC. It's been discussed for Themes several times, but there's never been
>>>>> sufficient support to apply the same guideline to Themes. You can guess
>>>>> where I stand. :) But we really try to avoid setting guidelines like that
>>>>> by fiat.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Srikanth!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *"reasonable" varies from reviewer to reviewer, so we can just say
>>>>>>> its allowed.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok! Thanks :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *It can be argued that the presence of that notice/ad implies user
>>>>>>> has to buy pro version to remove credit link.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, I thought credit link in footer should be an opt in and
>>>>>> disabled by default. Then maybe we should update the guidelines
>>>>>> <https://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-license-theme-name-credit-links-up-sell-themes/>
>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *J**oan Boluda*
>>>>>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>>>>>> http://boluda.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It can be argued that the presence of that notice/ad implies user
>>>>>>> has to buy pro version to remove credit link.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, why wouldn't it be?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As long as the Theme doesn't state or imply that the user cannot
>>>>>>>> remove the credit link without purchasing the commercial version, there's
>>>>>>>> nothing wrong with adding a Theme option to simplify link removal in the
>>>>>>>> commercial version.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chip, so credit link removal as pro feature is okay?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Chip Bennett <
>>>>>>>>> chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As for the upsell text/links in the customizer: I personally
>>>>>>>>>> don't like it, but it's probably acceptable as long as it's
>>>>>>>>>> reasonable/tasteful.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As for the upsell notice on every single page publish, I'm going
>>>>>>>>>> to ask the question a different way: is there anyone at all who finds that
>>>>>>>>>> practice to be *acceptable*?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 4:15 AM, Joan Boluda <joan at boluda.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There are two little things about the "Make" theme that I'm not
>>>>>>>>>>> sure if they are allowed.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Can anybody please tell me if I'm wrong? I just want to learn,
>>>>>>>>>>> so I can do better reviews. :)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *1. In the customizer there are several upgrade links. I thought
>>>>>>>>>>> they were only allowed on the Theme Options Page.*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *2. You can also add some arbitrary text on the header and
>>>>>>>>>>> footer. Isn't that plugin territory, since it's creating content?*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [image: Inline image 3]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks so much. :)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *J**oan Boluda*
>>>>>>>>>>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>>>>>>>>>>> http://boluda.com
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>> *Consultor de Marketing Online*
>> http://boluda.com
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